Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Best moment at 6:29 PM EST over Lake Champlain — 4 captures this evening

Quality 8/100Snow

What the AI saw

The scene is dominated by a uniform orange-yellow sky glow caused by low clouds, fog and urban light pollution rather than natural sunset colors. Snow-covered ground and streetlights create warm reflections and glow near the horizon, but there is no color gradient, alpenglow, or pink/purple twilight band typical of post-sunset atmospheric scattering. Cloud cover is thick and featureless, muting any directional light and obscuring the sun or residual twilight. Overall this reads as an overcast, light-polluted night scene rather than a visible sunset or colorful dusk.

Conditions

Temperature: 24°F
Cloud cover: 100%
Humidity: 91%
Wind: 13 mph

snow

Sun position

Sun set toward

247° WSW

Far southwest - Winter sunset

Burlington (44.48°N) — sunsets sweep from southwest in winter to northwest in summer along the Lake Champlain shore.

Both camera angles at 6:29 PM EST

Left view, Burlington sunset on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 — Left viewThe scene is dominated by a uniform orange-yellow sky glow caused by low clouds, fog and urban light pollution rather than natural sunset colors. Snow-covered ground and streetlights create warm reflections and glow near the horizon, but there is no color gradient, alpenglow, or pink/purple twilight band typical of post-sunset atmospheric scattering. Cloud cover is thick and featureless, muting any directional light and obscuring the sun or residual twilight. Overall this reads as an overcast, light-polluted night scene rather than a visible sunset or colorful dusk.

Right view, Burlington sunset on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 — Right viewThis image likewise shows a flat, warm-toned sky from cloud cover and artificial lighting with no distinct sunset hues or layered twilight colors. The foreground building and snow reflect streetlight glow; lens smudges or precipitation on the window add diffuse dark marks in the sky and further obscure any natural sky detail. The atmosphere is murky and the lighting is uniform, lacking the color gradients and dramatic cloud textures that characterize post-sunset twilight. It reads as night with heavy cloud and light pollution rather than a sunset or rich afterglow.

How the evening unfolded

Burlington sunset on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 6:14 PM EST — 6:14 PM ESTQuality 7/100

Burlington sunset on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 6:18 PM EST — 6:18 PM ESTQuality 8/100

Burlington sunset on Tuesday, February 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM EST — 7:14 PM ESTQuality 6/100